On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 03:10:55PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >On 2013-09-12 13:47, Warren Young wrote: >> On 9/11/2013 18:26, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >>> the Fedora Cygwin repository. >> >> That's the first I've heard of its existence. (It was apparently first >> announced on Cygwin/X, which I don't subscribe to.) > >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-03/msg00375.html > >> Is there a getting started HOWTO somewhere? > >Install the fedora-cygwin-release-*.rpm (or >cygwin-release-*.el6.noarch.rpm for RHEL/CentOS 6.x) from ><https://sourceforge.net/projects/fedora-cygwin/files/>, then you can >use yum or the PackageKit GUIs to install cygport plus any cygwin*-* >libraries that you need for your packages. > >> I assume the primary advantage to using it is faster package compiles? > >Yes, plus convenience for those who primarily develop on Linux, but the >trade-off is that not everything can be easily cross-compiled, if at >all. It's not perfect, but some people find it useful (e.g. the >official Cygwin DLL releases are built with this toolchain). > >>> * Creates .tar.xz packages (adds a runtime dep on xz). >> >> The shipping version of setup.exe supports this now? > >setup*.exe has supported xz for some time; it was upset (the script >which generates the setup*.ini files) which was lacking xz support until >this week.
i.e., http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2013-09/msg00012.html One thing I meant to mention there is that there will no longer be default "Misc" package creation when a package doesn't have a category. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
